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Post;Intern/Volunteer
Organization:Dera Foundation
Location:Ghana, Togo, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso
Opportunity Type: Internship
About the Organization:
Dera Foundation is a non-for-profit organization devoted to technologies that offer engineering solutions to global challenges such as climate change, energy poverty, environmental degradation, and pollution on local communities in Ghana and Africa. They identify problems facing local communities and devise strategies and innovations to solving them. They promote interventions that lead to sustainable development of local communities through capacity building, research and development, volunteerism, and projects on energy, agriculture and environment.
About the Job:
Dera Foundation is seeking an Intern/Volunteer. S/he will work in the finance department of a bank/microfinance company. S/he will work on a project based on a sustainable development strategy, dedicated to support mainly rural communities and women in developing their potential.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Create awareness about a sustainable development possibility;
- Perform training sessions about business management;
- Teach people on how to open small businesses, invest credits, and stimulate income;
- Provide easy access to credit;
- Train people on how to make some savings;
- Inspire women to be economically independent, promote their talents (i.e. craft making skills), and sell their products.
Qualifications:
- Economical background;
- Excel knowledge
- Knowledge of English;
- Business management skills;
- Ability to read and write.
Posted: 16 May 2013
Closing Date: 20 Dec 2014
How to Apply:
http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m//template.rc/1.11.190846
Posted in: Intern/Volunteer